Professors helping students to cheat

The Montreal Gazette speaks with Catherine Bolton, the associate dean of academic services in the facaulty of Arts and Sciences, regarding a Montreal-based website that hires unemployed professors to write papers for students. Following the publication of the article, the Gazette hosted a podcast to discuss the ethical implications and the justifications for students who use the website. During the podcast, the host mentions a 2004 anti-plagiarism seminar that was run by Concordia science professors for their students. Additionally, Mike Finnerty of CBC Daybreak interviewed an individual who used to get paid to write papers for students and she mentioned that most of her clients were from McGill and Concordia: CBC Day Break. Bolton also spoke with Jeff McArthur on AM640, a Toronto talk radio program, and Mike Finnerty of CBC Daybreak on the same topic. This article is reprised in The National Post, The Province, 660 News, UPI.com and The Times Colonist.

Catherine Bolton, the associate dean of academic affairs, was on Happenings Q&A, a radio program in Wisconsin, September 21 at 1:15 p.m., discussing a Montreal-based website designed to help students cheat.